Mohammad Hadeez, an ex-student of Vanamu / Varun Thautam, and an indirect student of the Master dome builder Andres Flores of Mexico created this timelapse of mexican dome construction at his project site in Coimbatore.
Hadeez worked with us for a year and half, where he showed interest to work on the construction of vaults and domes. Over the 6 domes he built with us from 2019 till 2021, he has developed the skill of building and the knack of transferring this intuitive technique.
The body is used as a measure to build. There is no need for a formwork to get a certain shape. The domes can be built on any type of plan, square, rectangle, polygonal etc.
Hadeez’s largest dome was of 20’x 20’at Solur and his smallest was of 7’x 7′, built with Varun Thautam in 2 days.
We use all kinds of natural mortars, clay-sand to lime-sand and hydraulic lime – brick-powder.
All credits go to him for the construction and shooting of this timelapse video. You can contact him on insta https://www.instagram.com/hyperisum/?…
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